diff --git a/columnq/src/encoding/mod.rs b/columnq/src/encoding/mod.rs
index 57bec1e..3e8f30d 100644
--- a/columnq/src/encoding/mod.rs
+++ b/columnq/src/encoding/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub enum ContentType {
     Json,
     Csv,
     ArrowStream,
+    Parquet,
 }
 
 impl ContentType {
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ impl ContentType {
             ContentType::Json => "application/json",
             ContentType::Csv => "application/csv",
             ContentType::ArrowStream => "application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream",
+            ContentType::Parquet => "application/parquet",
         }
     }
 }
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for ContentType {
             b"application/arrow.stream" | b"application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream" => {
                 Ok(ContentType::ArrowStream)
             }
+            b"application/parquet" | b"application/vnd.apache.parquet" => Ok(ContentType::Parquet),
             _ => Err(()),
         }
     }
@@ -34,3 +37,4 @@ impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for ContentType {
 pub mod arrow;
 pub mod csv;
 pub mod json;
+pub mod parquet;
diff --git a/columnq/src/encoding/parquet.rs b/columnq/src/encoding/parquet.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe50aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/columnq/src/encoding/parquet.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use datafusion::arrow;
+use datafusion::parquet;
+use datafusion::parquet::errors::ParquetError;
+
+pub fn record_batches_to_bytes(
+    batches: &[arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch],
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ParquetError> {
+    let cursor = parquet::util::cursor::InMemoryWriteableCursor::default();
+    {
+        if !batches.is_empty() {
+            let schema = batches[0].schema();
+
+            let mut writer = parquet::arrow::ArrowWriter::try_new(cursor.clone(), schema, None)?;
+            for batch in batches {
+                writer.write(batch)?;
+            }
+            writer.close()?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let result = cursor.into_inner().expect("Should not fail");
+    Ok(result)
+}
diff --git a/roapi-http/src/api/mod.rs b/roapi-http/src/api/mod.rs
index 2682cf1..1c437d6 100644
--- a/roapi-http/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/roapi-http/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ pub fn encode_record_batches(
                 .map_err(ApiErrResp::arrow_stream_serialization)?;
             Ok(builder.body(payload))
         }
+        encoding::ContentType::Parquet => {
+            let payload = encoding::parquet::record_batches_to_bytes(batches)
+                .map_err(ApiErrResp::parquet_serialization)?;
+            Ok(builder.body(payload))
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/roapi-http/src/error.rs b/roapi-http/src/error.rs
index 1e15958..68388ed 100644
--- a/roapi-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/roapi-http/src/error.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 
 use actix_web::{http, HttpResponse};
 use columnq::datafusion::arrow;
+use columnq::datafusion::parquet;
 use columnq::error::QueryError;
 use serde::Serializer;
 use serde_derive::Serialize;
@@ -47,6 +48,14 @@ impl ApiErrResp {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn parquet_serialization(_: parquet::errors::ParquetError) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            code: http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            error: "parquet_serialization".to_string(),
+            message: "Failed to serialize record batches into parquet".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn read_query(error: std::str::Utf8Error) -> Self {
         Self {
             code: http::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,